The Run of His Life Quotes

“As to the central fact in the case, it is my view that Simpson murdered his ex-wife and her friend on June 12. Any rational analysis of the events and evidence in question leads to that conclusion. This is true whether one considers evidence not presented to the jury—such as the results of Simpson’s polygraph examination and his flight with Al Cowlings on June 17—or just the evidence established in court. Notwithstanding the prosecution’s many errors, the evidence against Simpson at the trial was overwhelming. Simpson had a violent relationship with his ex-wife, and tensions between them were growing in the weeks leading up to the murders. Simpson had no alibi for the time of the murders, nor was his Bronco parked at his home during that time. Simpson had a cut on his left hand on the day after the murders, and DNA tests showed conclusively that it was Simpson’s blood to the left of the shoe prints leaving the scene. Nicole’s blood was found on a sock in his bedroom, and Goldman’s blood—as well as Simpson’s—was found in the Bronco. Hair consistent with Simpson’s was found on the killer’s cap and on Goldman’s shirt. The gloves that Nicole bought for Simpson in 1990 were almost certainly the ones used by her killer.”
― Jeffrey Toobin, The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

“Ultimately, it is not surprising that black jurors decide to punish the police for its sorry past and that, alas, O.J. Simpson turned out to be the undeserving beneficiary of this ignoble tale.”
― Jeffrey Toobin, The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

“Indeed, though Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were the first and most important casualties of this case, they were not the only ones. There was Simpson’s family, those decent and loyal women in yellow who endured this long trial for a man they loved, and of course those two children, who would grow up without a mother. There were Simpson’s friends, many of whom came to realize how blind they had been to O.J.’s narcissism and brutality. There were the peripheral figures, like Shipp and Huizenga, who degraded themselves on the altar of celebrity. (Shipp, at least, came to realize what he had done.) And there was even the public at large, whose passions and biases were inflamed by the events Simpson had set in motion. None of this mattered to O.J. Simpson, because, as he had done his entire life, he cared only about himself.”
― Jeffrey Toobin, The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

“Kardashian’s divorce from Kristen pained him, especially because she left him for Bruce Jenner, the former Olympic decathlon champion. Jenner and Kristen later married, and at the time of the murders they were starring in a frequently played infomercial for a thigh-exercising device. According to a close associate of Kardashian’s, “It bothered him that she was on TV all the time with the Thighmaster. This case was his way to step over them. This was better than infomercials.”
― Jeffrey Toobin, The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

“As únicas mulheres mencionadas na carta são secretárias, esposas e namoradas - o que resumia bem a visão de O. J. sobre o lugar das mulheres no mundo.”
― Jeffrey Toobin, The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

“Como se vê, ao se dirigir aos colegas atletas, a carta deixada por Simpson assume um tom de anuário escolar.”
― Jeffrey Toobin, The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

“O caso Simpson, continuou Grossman, "carrega em seu bojo um risco elevado de semear a discórdia racial em nossa comunidade.”
― Jeffrey Toobin, The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson

“According to the telephone poll, a full 40 percent of black women felt that the use of physical force was appropriate in a marriage. And black women especially could not abide Marcia Clark.”
― Jeffrey Toobin, The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson